PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nick Wiggum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tani Otoshi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tani Otoshi looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Wiggum
vs
Otoshi

178 cm
22
169 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

176 cm
22
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Elite Nutrition Supplements

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Nick Wiggum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Tani Otoshi!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Glass and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Wiggum scores a takedown into full mount!
Wiggum knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Otoshi on the ground.
A nice elbow there by Wiggum.

Otoshi is rocked!
Otoshi taking shots to the head.
Otoshi is still in real trouble! Can Wiggum finish him?
Wiggum misses with a head shot.
Otoshi holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Wiggum tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Wiggum misses with a head shot.
Wiggum looking to ground and pound but Otoshi is blocking nicely.
Wiggum throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Wiggum thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Wiggum unloads with some shots from mount but Otoshi bucks and avoids them well.
Wiggum throws some wild stikes that Otoshi manages to avoid easily.
Wiggum misses with a head shot.
Wiggum sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Otoshi seems to have recovered his senses.
Otoshi takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Otoshi tries to lock up and control but Wiggum gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Wiggum is landing with some decent strikes but Otoshi is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Wiggum postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Otoshi looks a forlorn figure.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wiggum cracks Otoshi with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Wiggum with good strikes from the mount here!
Wiggum looking to finish Otoshi with some ground and pound. This is bad for Otoshi!
Otoshi tries to reverse the position but Wiggum maintains control.
Otoshi looks gassed!
Wiggum in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Otoshi is in all sorts of trouble here.
Wiggum working the ground and pound effectively.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Wiggum cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Otoshi is bucking up trying to escape but Wiggum cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Wiggum looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Wiggum breaks from Otoshi's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Wiggum avoids the attempt from Otoshi to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Otoshi sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Otoshi wants to improve his position but Wiggum is controlling well.
Wiggum looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Otoshi with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Otoshi is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Wiggum drops an elbow to the side of Otoshi's head.
Wiggum thows a huge punch but Otoshi dodges it nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wiggum landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Otoshi wants to improve his position but Wiggum is controlling well.
Wiggum looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Otoshi with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Otoshi is trying to stand up here but Wiggum is controlling him well.
Otoshi is trying to get back to full guard.
Wiggum drops an elbow to the side of Otoshi's head.
Wiggum passes to side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Otoshi struggling a bit here.
Wiggum is chipping away with strikes.
Wiggum cracks Otoshi with a big right hand but Otoshi just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Wiggum lands some shots froms side control.
Wiggum takes a little break here. Otoshi wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Wiggum is chipping away with strikes.
Wiggum is putting a hurting on Otoshi here, landing some big shots from side control.
Otoshi is not content to let Wiggum control the position.
Otoshi is looking for a sweep.
Wiggum connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Otoshi some visible discomfort.
Wiggum misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Otoshi manages to work his way to half guard, despite Wiggum's best efforts.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Otoshi gets full guard.
Otoshi controls Wiggum momentarily but Wiggum frees himself.
Otoshi lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Wiggum!
Otoshi wants to control the pace but Wiggum is squirming around nicely.
Otoshi content just to control the position here.
Wiggum on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Wiggum tries to get out of the position.
Wiggum is in all sorts of trouble here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Otoshi lands a big shot there that rocks Wiggum but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Wiggum really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Otoshi looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Wiggum dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Otoshi with a poor takedown

and Wiggum counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Otoshi's guard now.

Otoshi uses the cage to get back to his feet.

Wiggum drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Wiggum working the head with strikes.
Wiggum in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Wiggum looks up at the clock and then as Otoshi takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Wiggum smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Wiggum has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Otoshi!
Wiggum connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Wiggum unloading with bombs!
BOOM! Wiggum connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wiggum postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Otoshi looks a forlorn figure.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wiggum working Otoshi over with strikes here.
Wiggum breaks from Otoshi's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Otoshi tries to lock up and control but Wiggum gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Wiggum with the ground and pound from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wiggum blocks Otoshi's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Otoshi bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Otoshi trying to control but Wiggum is working from the bottom.
Otoshi sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Wiggum's guard.

Otoshi wants to work for an arm triangle but Wiggum is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Otoshi lands a nice short elbow.
Otoshi is taking a breather. Wiggum says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Otoshi missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Otoshi trying to control from half guard but Wiggum is working away.
Wiggum tries to roll over but Otoshi keeps him under control.
Wiggum is staying active underneath Otoshi, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Wiggum regains full guard. Nicely done.
Otoshi won't allow Wiggum to sweep him here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wiggum avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Otoshi drops back looking for a leg! Wiggum is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Wiggum manages to kick Otoshi off! Otoshi jumps back into Wiggum's guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Otoshi feints and then cracks Wiggum's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Wiggum down.
Otoshi fails with the takedown

so Wiggum counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Wiggum is pushing down on Otoshi's leg trying to pass to half guard. Otoshi is fighting to maintain full guard but Wiggum has managed to sneak the leg through.
Wiggum is nestled in close to Otoshi, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Otoshi has hold of Wiggum's hands but Wiggum slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Wiggum wants to lay and pray for a moment but Otoshi keeps working.
Wiggum working the head and body with strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Wiggum scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Otoshi has hold of Wiggum's hands but Wiggum slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Wiggum lands with a punch from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wiggum takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Wiggum lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Wiggum working over Otoshi with some ground and pound. Otoshi looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Otoshi trying to control but Wiggum postures up.
Wiggum is stalling here. Otoshi is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Wiggum seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Otoshi has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Wiggum manages to work his way to half guard, despite Otoshi's best efforts.
Wiggum gets back to full guard.

Otoshi gets to his feet. Wiggum looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Otoshi tries a head kick but it misses.
Nice takedown defense from Wiggum. No joy for Otoshi on that attempt.
Nick Wiggum has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tani Otoshi.

Wiggum rushes Otoshi and presses him up against the cage.
Wiggum is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Otoshi looking to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Otoshi gets underhooks to prevent Wiggum's takedown attempt.

Wiggum gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Otoshi regains guard.
Otoshi utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Wiggum stands and throws Otoshi's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Otoshi stops Wiggum from passing to mount.
Otoshi wants to get back to his feet but Wiggum drags him back down.
You can see the frustration on Otoshi's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Wiggum in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wiggum lands a decent elbow from side control.
Wiggum cracks Otoshi with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Wiggum working the head and body with strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wiggum is putting a hurting on Otoshi here, landing some big shots from side control.
Wiggum scores with a couple of short elbows.
Wiggum landing a few strikes.
Nick Wiggum overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Otoshi trying his best to control but Wiggum has mounted him.
Wiggum working Otoshi over with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Wiggum dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Otoshi stuffs the takedown.
Wiggum fails with the takedown
and Otoshi counters with a straight right hand.
Wiggum is looking to clinch but Otoshi is avoiding it.
Wiggum looks for a takedown but Otoshi sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nick Wiggum. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wiggum shoots in for a takedown but Otoshi shows good takedown defense.
Wiggum fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Wiggum fails with a takedown attempt.
Wiggum closes the distance and clinches up with Otoshi, looking for a takedown. Wiggum pushes Otoshi against the cage but Otoshi circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wiggum shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Wiggum shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Otoshi as he avoids it easily.
Tani Otoshi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Otoshi as Wiggum shoots in.
Wiggum shoots in but Otoshi avoids the takedown attempt easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wiggum looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wiggum shoots for a takedown but Otoshi saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Wiggum fails with a takedown attempt.
Wiggum fails with the takedown.
Nice sprawl there from Otoshi as Wiggum shoots in.
Wiggum looks for a takedown but Otoshi sprawls well.
Wiggum tries to close the distance and clinch but Otoshi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Wiggum fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Otoshi stuffs the takedown.
Wiggum shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Otoshi as he jumps to the side.
Wiggum fails to land the takedown.
Nice takedown defense from Otoshi. No joy for Wiggum on that attempt.
Wiggum shoots in but Otoshi avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Wiggum tries to clinch up but Otoshi circles away and keeps his distance.
Wiggum is looking to clinch.
Otoshi stuffs the takedown attempt from Wiggum. Wiggum gets slowly back to his feet.
Otoshi stuffs the takedown attempt from Wiggum. Wiggum gets slowly back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wiggum fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Wiggum tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wiggum tries to clinch up but Otoshi circles away and keeps his distance.
Wiggum shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Otoshi pinned against the cage. Otoshi gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Wiggum will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Wiggum tries to clinch but Otoshi moves out of range.
Wiggum fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Wiggum misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Otoshi stuffs the takedown.
Nice sprawl there from Otoshi as Wiggum shoots in.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Wiggum looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Otoshi is fending him off so far but Wiggum persists. Nope, Otoshi circles away and we're back to standing.
Wiggum shoots for a takedown but Otoshi saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Wiggum shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Otoshi as he avoids it easily.
Wiggum shoots in for a double leg but Otoshi sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Nice sprawl there from Otoshi as Wiggum shoots in.
Nick Wiggum is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Otoshi stuffs the takedown.
Wiggum fails with the takedown.
Wiggum shoots in but Otoshi avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Wiggum fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wiggum fails to land the takedown.
Tani Otoshi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Otoshi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wiggum shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Otoshi but Otoshi pushes him off and we're back to square one.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tani Otoshi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Wiggum has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nick Wiggum!